Author Biography and Bibliography

Scott Westerfeld's latest novel is The Risen Empire. He is a software designer, composer and the author of three other novels: Polymorph (Penguin 1997), Fine Prey (Penguin 1998), and Evolution’s Darling (Four Walls Eight Windows 2000). The latter novel was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of 2000 and short-listed for the Philip K. Dick Award. He has also contributed essays to Book Forum, Nerve, and the scientific journal Nature. His musical compositions for dance have been performed at New York's Dance Theater Workshop, Joyce Theater, P.S. 122, and Jacob's Pillow, and in London, Chicago, Berkeley, Philadelphia, and Sweden. He has created educational software for Scholastic, McGraw-Hill, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and with a number of small start-ups. He lives in New York City.



Photograph by Tom Myers